I confirmed my login is working in the UI and I am pretty sure I am using the same credential file as I did for the last release... creds file w/ pwd removed

<settings>
<servers>
<!-- To publish a snapshot of some part of Maven -->
<server>
<id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
<username>joestein</username>
<password></password>
</server>
<!-- To stage a release of some part of Maven -->
<server>
<id>apache.releases.https</id>
<username>joestein</username>
<password></password>
</server>
</servers>
</settings>